# hjarta
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjaɻ̊ʈa]
* Rhymes: -aɻ̊ʈa

### Noun

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, plural hjørtu or hjørtur)
* heart (muscle)
* heart (seat of emotion)

#### Derived terms

* hjarta mítt - my love (address)
* hjartaarvi
* hjartabankan
* hjartabarn
* hjartablað
* hjartableytur
* hjartablídni
* hjartablíður
* hjartablóð
* hjartablóma
* hjartabotnur
* hjartabrek
* hjartabrotin
* hjartadeyði
* hjartadropar
* hjartadýpi
* hjartafløvi
* hjartafriður
* hjartaglaður
* hjartagóðska
* hjartagóður
* hjartagras
* hjartaheitur
* hjartailska
* hjartakaldur
* hjartaklapp
* hjartakrampi
* hjartakreppingar
* hjartakuldi
* hjartakvikil
* hjartalag
* hjartaleysur
* hjartaligur
* hjartalitur
* hjartaljóð
* hjartaloka
* hjartaloysi
* hjartalættur
* hjartamál
* hjartamein
* hjartamøði
* hjartamørur
* hjartanemandi
* hjartanítandi
* hjartanívandi
* hjartareinur
* hjartarit
* hjartarúm
* hjartarørdur
* hjartasjúka
* hjartasjúkur
* hjartaskapaður
* hjartaslag
* hjartasláttur
* hjartasorg
* hjartasteðgur
* hjartasteinur
* hjartasterkur
* hjartastórur
* hjartastrik
* hjartastrongur
* hjartastyrkur
* hjartasuff
* hjartasvakur
* hjartatáttur
* hjartatilburður
* hjartatindur
* hjartatjarnaks
* hjartatrongd
* hjartatrongdur
* hjartatvíbløðka
* hjartavaksin
* hjartaveikur
* hjartavinur
* hjartavøddi
* hjartaylur

#### Related terms

* hjartari

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈçar̥ta/
* Rhymes: -ar̥ta

### Noun

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, nominative plural hjörtu)
* heart (muscle)
* heart (seat of emotion)
    Synonym: brjóst (literally “breast”)
* (card games) heart, hearts (♥)

#### Derived terms

* hjartastilling
* hjartastillir
* hjarta-lungnalífgun

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²jɑrtɑ/, /²jɑːrtɑ/, /²jɑːʈɑ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also English heart. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd-.

#### Alternative forms

* hjarte
* hjerta, hjerte (between the 1938 and 2012 spelling reforms)

#### Noun

hjarta n (definite singular hjarta, indefinite plural hjarto, definite plural hjarto)
* heart (muscle)
    Hjarta er ein muskel.The heart is a muscle.
* heart (seat of emotion)
    Hjarta mitt vil det annleis.My heart wants it different.
* definite plural of hjarte

##### Related terms

* hjartans

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse hjartaðr.

#### Adjective

hjarta (singular and plural hjarta, comparative meir hjarta, superlative mest hjarta)
* brave
* hearted (describing a person's mind; used to create other adjectives)
    Han var ein hardhjarta person.He was a hardhearted person.

##### Synonyms

* (brave): modig, djerv

##### Derived terms

* heilhjarta

### References

* “hjarta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herta, Old Frisian herte, Old English heorte, Old High German herza, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

### Noun

hjarta n (genitive hjarta, plural hjǫrtu)
* heart
** Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
    Hugr einn þat veit, er býr hjarta nær, einn er hann sér of sefa; ǫng er sótt verri hveim snotrum manni en sér engu at una.The mind alone knows what is near the heart, Each is his own judge: The worst sickness for a wise man Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: hjarta
* Faroese: hjarta
* Norn: hjarta
* Norwegian Nynorsk: hjarta, hjarte, hjerta
* Jamtish: hjarte
* Elfdalian: järta
* Old Swedish: hiærta
** Swedish: hjärta, hjerta, järta (obsolete)
*** → Finnish: hertta
* Old Danish: hiartæ, hiærtæ
** Scanian: hjarta
** Danish: hjerte
*** Norwegian Bokmål: hjerte
**** → Norwegian Nynorsk: hjerte
** Jutish: jaart
* Gutnish: hjärte

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hjarta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive